Red Bull team-mates Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber will start tomorrow's Australian Grand Prix from the front row after dominating the qualifying battle in Melbourne today.
Vettel edged his Australian team-mate (pictured) by just over a tenth of a second to claim pole position with a 1m23.919s best.
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton made a shock exit from qualifying in Q2, complaining of a poor balance. However, team boss Martin whitmarsh suggested Hamilton's rap for a road driving offence may have distracted him.
Australian Grand Prix qualifying times
1 Vettel (Red Bull-Renault) 1:23.919
2 Webber (Red Bull-Renault) 1:24.035
3 Alonso (Ferrari) 1:24.111
4 Button (McLaren-Mercedes) 1:24.675
5 Massa (Ferrari) 1:24.837
6 Rosberg (Mercedes) 1:24.884
7 Schumacher (Mercedes) 1:24.927
8 Barrichello (Williams-Cosworth) 1:25.217
9 Kubica (Renault) 1:25.372
10 Sutil (Force India-Mercedes) 1:26.036
11 Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) 1:25.184
12 Buemi (Toro Rosso-Ferrari) 1:25.638
13 Liuzzi (Force India-Mercedes) 1:25.743
14 de la Rosa (Sauber-Ferrari) 1:25.747
15 Hulkenberg (Williams-Cosworth) 1:25.748
16 Kobayashi (Sauber-Ferrari) 1:25.777
17 Alguersuari (Toro Rosso-Ferrari) 1:26.089
18 Petrov (Renault) 1:26.471
19 Kovalainen (Lotus-Cosworth) 1:28.797
20 Trulli (Lotus-Cosworth) 1:29.111
21 Glock (Virgin-Cosworth) 1:29.592
22 di Grassi (Virgin-Cosworth) 1:30.185
23 Senna (HRT-Cosworth) 1:30.526
24 Chandhok (HRT-Cosworth) 1:30.613
All timing unofficial
